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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Awad Gharib0
Dana L. Delaney0
Bruce Dexter0
Date of Patent
December 26, 2006
0Patent Application Number
110644880
Date Filed
February 23, 2005
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A universal joint to transmit force from a tool to a workpiece. A driver attachable to the tool has a spherical cavity. A plurality of inwardly facing protrusions is formed in the cavity. Each protrusion has a pair of conical sidewalls separated by an angled ramp. A driven socket has a sphere formed on one end. The sphere has a plurality of channels. The sphere is received in the spherical cavity in the driver and the protrusions in the cavity are received in the channels. The drive webs forming the channel engage the protrusions when the driver is angularly offset from the driven socket.
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